With each passing month, 2015 looks more and more like 1997.
Right-wing PEGIDA rally draws thousands in Dresden, takes aim at Merkel
A rally held by anti-migrant group PEGIDA has drawn thousands to the German city of Dresden. As concern over the refugee crisis has grown, so has the group’s popularity.
Taliban declares Afghan news networks ‘military targets’
The Taliban has designated journalists of two biggest Afghani television networks as “enemy personnel” and their stations as “military targets.” The two channels reported that the Taliban were raping women in Kunduz.
Teen expelled from Denmark killed by Taliban
A 16-year-old Afghan boy who was expelled from Denmark over the summer despite numerous warnings from humanitarian organizations was murdered by the Taliban, his brother confirmed over the weekend.
GM pig organs could soon be transplanted into humans – Telegraph
A major hurdle in transplanting pig organs into humans has been overcome by Harvard University scientists
Source: GM pig organs could soon be transplanted into humans – Telegraph
Black Votes Don’t Matter | Dame Magazine
These in-your-face racist moves are meant to keep power in hands of the few. The DMV closures are taken right from the pages from the Jim Crow–era White segregationists, who closed schools, pools, and other services to prevent integration. These latest proposed closures are indicative of a wholesale divestment in services for those the GOP consider to be working against their agenda.These racists are not subtle—they are not even trying to be covert. Their arrogance makes them believe that they are above the law and entitled to do whatever their rotten hearts desire.
The GOP has maintained that voter ID laws are necessary to prevent fraud. You know, to keep dead people and so-called “illegal aliens” from voting, to keep people from voting in more than one place, or voting where they don’t live, or voting multiple times in the same election, or providing false information to election officials. Never mind that these fears tend to be over-exaggerated. In 2014, Justin Levitt, a professor with Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, produced a comprehensive study on voter fraud and only found 31 credible instances of voter fraud out of 1 billion ballots cast.Alabama Governor Robert Bentley has denied the racial implications of the DMV closures. But history has shown us how ubiquitous these practices are, from poll taxes to literacy tests. If it walks like a racist, talks like a racist, and disenfranchises like a racist, well then race matters.
Black councilman tased by police in city where Sandra Bland was arrested – LA Times
{Police – most – are better than this. They and their chiefs better take the ones who have a “thing” about authority that exceed human rights and common sense – in hand and boot them out or things will just get much worse. How about a people code, instead of the blue code?}
One witness said Miller was tased while he was on his knees with his hands at his side. The encounter began when police stopped to question several of Miller’s fraternity brothers gathered outside his house Thursday. When Miller attempted to intervene, police ordered him to step back, then tased and arrested him for reportedly interfering with police duties and resisting arrest.
Source: Black councilman tased by police in city where Sandra Bland was arrested – LA Times
Cows at Rest
Egyptian Aak 2015 – Week 41 (Oct 5-11)
Top Headlines
- Egypt’s net international reserves dropped for the third month in a row in September to $16.3 billion. (Wednesday)
- Electoral Commission to ban will ban women from wearing face veil while casting their ballots. (Thursday)
- Egypt signs deal for two French warships. (Saturday)
- Sharp decline in reported terrorist attacks in August. (Sunday)
- Egyptian court upholds 5-year prison sentence against Islam Behery for contempt of religion
Main Headlines
Monday
- Jordanian brothers who attacked Egyptian worker have been arrested
- Egypt’s Sisi says cabinet to remain in place if agenda is approved by parliament
- Egypt’s Sisi, Tunisia’s Essebsi attend the 42 anniversary of the 1973 war
- Leader of April 6 youth group is detained in Tora prison
- Egypt saw 6.6 million tourists in first 8 months of 2015, a five percent increase from the same period last year
- Salafis request minister’s apology on “secular Egypt” remarks
Tuesday
- Egyptian death…
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Electoral Commission to ban ‘Niqab’ wearing women from voting – Daily News Egypt
Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) will ban women from wearing the ‘Niqab’ (face covering) while casting their ballots, state-run media Al-Ahram reported on Thursday. According to SEC’s official spokesperson, there will be rigorous identity check in polling stations during the upcoming parliamentary elections, and women’s faces must be revealed to controllers or else they will be prevented from voting. Meanwhile, a number of female candidates are running in the elections wearing the ‘Niqab’, notably members of the Salafist Al-Nour Party, amid wide media criticism and claims that women candidates of the party do not “appear in the media”. Cairo University administration had also this month banned faculty members from wearing the ‘Niqab’ while lecturing. Cairo University President Gaber Nassar said the decision aims to increase the level of communication between students and their instructors, and to improve the educational process at the university.
Source: Electoral Commission to ban ‘Niqab’ wearing women from voting – Daily News Egypt
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